Alan Jones sued over deadly Queensland flood claims

Radio broadcaster Alan Jones is being sued for $2.5 million in damages after falsely claiming a Queensland businessman and his family were partly responsible for the 2011 Grantham flood that killed 12 people.

Mr Wagner says he and his family, one of the wealthiest in Queensland, had endured sustained attacks for years from Mr Jones, particularly over claims that his family was responsible for the devastating flooding in the southeast Queensland in January 2011.

"(The Wagner family) had a lot to hide in connection with the deaths of people at Grantham and had avoided being held to account for those deaths because of a high-level cover-up," Mr Jones said on his radio program in October last year.

The Grantham Floods Commission of Inquiry's final report handed down earlier this month found a quarry owned by Mr Wagner during the flood did not contribute to the disaster, despite Mr Jones and some residents claiming otherwise.

In handing down his report, commissioner Walter Sofronoff said he felt Mr Wagner had been unfairly and "viciously blamed by some elements of the media".

Mr Sofronoff described the disaster as an "act of God" that couldn't have been avoided.

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"The outcome of proceedings will hopefully in some way go toward correcting the false and defamatory statements about the 2011 Grantham flood tragedy and the Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport that have caused significant damage to the reputation of our family, the operation of the airport and our wider business interests," Mr Wagner said in a statement.

Mr Wagner branded Mr Jones "a fat loud-mouthed ignoramus" in 2013.

The broadcaster was defiant when asked for comment by The Australian.

"All of my work on the Grantham floods story was done by me as a journalist acting in the public interest to answer unresolved questions," he said.